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Layers: The Complete Guide to Photoshop's Most Powerful Feature
by: Matt Kloskowski

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.696
EAN: 9780321534163
ISBN: 0321534166
Label: Peachpit Press
Manufacturer: Peachpit Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: February 22, 2008
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Sales Rank: 1511
Studio: Peachpit Press

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Product Description:
When Photoshop guru Matt Kloskowski was asked why he wrote this book, he replied, “It’s simple: I wanted to write the Photoshop book that I wished was around when I was learning Photoshop”. You’ve always known that layers were the key to understanding Photoshop, and now you have a resource to show you exactly how. With Matt’s clear, easy-to-follow, and concise writing style you’ll learn about:

Working with and managing multiple layers
Building multiple layered images
Blending layers together
Exactly which of the 25+ Blend Modes you need to worry about (there’s just a few)
Layer Masking and just how easy it is.
Using layers to enhance and retouch your photos
All of the tips and tricks that make using layers a breeze.

If you want to finally understand layers in Photoshop, this book is the one you’ve been waiting for.

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- Rip Off
I bought the book but no where in can I find the site where the photos used in the various illustration are available. Of course I can buy a CD which might have them.

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- Terrific
Terrific book geared for precisely they way I like to learn; Matt has written a beautifully illustrated book that takes one through the layers learning process in a very methodical sensible approach. He says what needs to be said in as few words as possible; yet he leaves nothing to the imagine either.

No jokes; just straight forward and to the point; it is exactly what I was looking for and I only wish I had found this ten years ago. (I know it was not available ten years ago)

I have not mastered everything in layers yet and probably never will but this book makes it much less intimidating for me.

I have no criticism but the only question I have is how to treat the images that are already imported into Lightroom 2; Is it better to work with the images from the original file on disk or should they be edited in Photoshop from within Lr2 and then saved as an `Edit'?

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- Comprehensive, enjoyable, will stand the test of time
Layers, The complete guide to Photoshop's most powerful feature by Matt Kloskowski is described by the author as "the Photoshop book he wishes were available when he was trying to learn Photoshop." I couldn't agree more. I see others say that there is nothing new here, I disagree. The manner in which the material is presented is better and easier to follow than many other guides that have preceded it.

It is 255 pages long and written so as to guide you from start to finish assuming you have zero familiarity with layers, but it is also contains loads of information for those of us that have played with layers for years, but always felt there was a lot more potential waiting to be mined. The contents are well laid out and the topics all stand well on their own, so feel free to jump right in and start playing wherever your interest take you.

Like everything the Kelby team does, the layout ... Read More

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- Down and Dirty...
Those folks longing for the next "Down & Dirty" book from Scott, it does not appear it will happen. Bummer. But this is the next best thing from Matt in the same walk and talk. Creative recipe how-to's and easy to understand on the subject of the all important layers, blend modes, masks. Highly recommend...

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